Most NOC Double Podiums at a Winter Olympics

Canada has already had 3 events in Sochi in which they have put 2 of their athletes on the podium. We were asked if that is a record for Canada and it is – equalling 2006, when they also did it in 3 events – of course, that was for the entire Winter Olympics.

So we were wondering, how often has it happened that nations have put 2 or more athletes on a podium at a Winter Olympics? Turns out it has happened quite often – 404 times to be exact. So which nations have done it the most at a single Winter Olympics. Here’s the full list, led by the Soviet Union with 9 double+ podiums in 1988.

NOC

Year

###

Soviet Union

1988

9

German Democratic Republic

1988

8

Soviet Union

1964

8

Soviet Union

1976

8

United States

2010

8

Unified Team

1992

7

German Democratic Republic

1984

7

United States

2002

7

Austria

1992

6

Germany

1992

6

Germany

1998

6

Norway

1924

6

Norway

1928

6

Norway

1994

6

Soviet Union

1980

6

Austria

2006

5

German Democratic Republic

1976

5

Germany

2002

5

Germany

2010

5

Norway

1952

5

Norway

1992

5

Russia

1994

5

Russia

1998

5

Soviet Union

1960

5

Soviet Union

1984

5

Austria

1998

4

German Democratic Republic

1972

4

German Democratic Republic

1980

4

Netherlands

1968

4

Netherlands

1998

4

Norway

1936

4

Norway

1948

4

Norway

1964

4

Norway

2006

4

Soviet Union

1956

4

United States

2006

4

Austria

1956

3

Austria

1964

3

Austria

1968

3

Austria

2002

3

Canada

2006

3

China

2006

3

Finland

1924

3

Finland

1952

3

Finland

1984

3

Great Britain

1908

3

Germany

1994

3

Germany

2006

3

Korea (South)

2006

3

Netherlands

1972

3

Norway

1972

3

Norway

1998

3

Switzerland

1988

3

Soviet Union

1968

3

Soviet Union

1972

3

United States

1932

3

In an earlier post we noted that there have been 39 medal sweeps by NOCs at the Winter Olympics. Its actually now 41, since the Netherlands swept men’s speed skating 500 and 5,000 metres in Sochi. Have any nations had 2, or more, medals sweeps at a single Winter Olympics? Turns out 2 is the record, done now 8 times, including the Netherlands in 2014.